Celebrate the “first day of spring” with Avalon School’s Garden Party fundraiser at the Blueswater Avalon Restaurant on Thursday March 20 from 5-7 p.m. Tickets are $40. Bluewater Avalon is donating food and beverages so that all of the evening’s proceeds go to the new garden project at Avalon School.
Guests will enjoy the harbor side views with beer, wine and appetizers.
Celebrate the “first day of spring” with Avalon School’s Garden Party fundraiser at the Blueswater Avalon Restaurant on Thursday March 20 from 5-7 p.m. Tickets are $40. Bluewater Avalon is donating food and beverages so that all of the evening’s proceeds go to the new garden project at Avalon School.
Guests will enjoy the harbor side views with beer, wine and appetizers.
There will be raffle prize drawings and other surprises. Learn what’s happening with the garden, what’s been done to prepare for the project and how it benefits Avalon kids.
“Stepping Into Health” is now on the school campus to interact with students. As part of the “Harvest of the Month” program curriculum a group of dedicated community members have begun the process of resurrecting a school garden.
The plan is to create a teaching garden for lessons in sustainability, science, math, health, nutrition and more.
The benefits of a school garden are wide. Research has determined a school garden can raise test scores, encourage environmental stewardship, provide physical activity, combat un-healthy eating habits and provide equal-opportunity educational advantages.
It will be used by all grades (K-12), as well as special day classes, after school programs and the two local preschools.
Over the last few months team members have started writing curriculum, they attended a school garden workshop, collaborated with school staff, cleaned out the garden space, and have created a garden design that utilizes an enclosed space for critter control.
Now is the time for fundraising.
Initial start up costs are about $10,000. This will pay for construction materials, irrigation, curriculum, gardening supplies and future repairs to the site.
The ultimate goal is to raise $20,000, which will help sustain the program for many years to come.
Other purchases will include bricks, lumber, fencing, tools, benches, sheds, composting bins, seeds and pots.
Eventually the group hopes to hire a school garden coordinator to organize the site and implement the community-wide program and its activities.
Catalina island kids need the community’s support. All donations are tax deductible and would be greatly appreciated.
Tickets for the Avalon School Garden Party Fundraiser are available through eventbrite.com. (Search Avalon Schools Garden Party).
People can purchase tickets and/or make direct donations online.
Tickets will be sale in the Post Office Arcade on March 8 and March 15 from 11-1. For more information call Michelle Bray 310-510-8920.
